Sure enough- I was able to finally put the mini camera to good use- the
kind on the end of a foot long flexible arm...verified that most were good-
found one not so good and fixed it-

After that I've adjusted them- but per John's advice I'm going to go over
them again depressing the lifter instead of just trusting that it's where
it needs to be- marked improvement just from a "turn the pulley"
perspective...

Thanks, guys for the lightning fast responses- I really appreciate you all!

Dave

On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 6:02 PM kenneth wilford <kenwilfy@gmail.com> wrote:

> Check push rods with a flashlight.  They have dropped and are not centered
> in the lifters.
>
> Ken Wilford at vanagain.com
>
> On Jan 28, 2017 6:00 PM, "Dave Bohannan" <fjazzbass@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Folks…
>
> More of a rant and denial of reality here- but- in order to keep the
> bubbles from entering my coolant I decided to take a quick (ha ha) dive
> into the head retorque on my 1.9er…it really did go flawless…
>
> However…now I’m thinking I may have OVER torqued or done something stupid
> because the compression went down to 0- little to no resistance… have I put
> the rocker arms on too tight? did the retorque pull the heads in too far so
> that the valves are now too tight?
>
> I am planning on a valve adjust next- but what else should I make sure of
> before I do that? Am I missing anything else?
>
> After oil pressure related issues and now this coolant thing- I’m thinking
> of a rebuilt- but would like to delay that even if only a little while
> longer :-D
>
> Dave
> 85 1.9 GL
>
>